1851 1C Newcomb 41, BN MS(PCGS#406777)

1851 1C Newcomb 41, BN MS (PCGS#406777)

September 2021 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #123

Lot Description: Lot 310 1851 N-41 R4 PCGS graded MS66 Brown, CAC Approved.Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with underlying faded mint color showing through on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. The only marks are a thin nick in the dentils right of star 9 and a small spot of reddish chocolate verdigris in the dentils over TA in STATES. LDS, die state c, with a small cud or lump on the rim over ME in AMERICA. Our grade is MS63,CC#2 behind a marginally finer example in the Grellman census. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the finest graded.Estimated Value $2,000 - UP Ex 1989 Georgia Numismatic Association, Mid American Rare Coin Auctions 5/26/1989:14-J. R. Grellman 4/26/1991-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/7/2009:1083 ($2530)-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Grellman/Naftzger collection envelope and both lot tickets).